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Hardcover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: As New. 1st Edition. As new condition black boards with red spine lettering contained in an as new condition non price-clipped photographic dust jacket. Includes Preliminary Page List of Other Books by John Charmley; Dedication; Illustration; Acknowledgments; Foreword; Epilogue; Notes; Bibliography and Index. Illustrated with sections of black-and-white photographic plates. "A provocative reassessment of the "special relationship" between England and the U.S. from 1940 to 1957." - from the front jacket cover. "The sequel to the controversial and widely praised Churchill: The End of Glory. The New York Times Book Review called John Charmely's previous book on Winston Churchill "entertaining, informative, and infuriating." With equally impressive scholarship, eloquence, and wit, Charmley now turns to the Anglo-American "special relationship" that was the cornerstone of Churchill's foreign policy, ruthlessly stripping away the myth to reveal the unsentimental reality of the Churchill years and beyond, from 1940 to 1957. Churchill carried on the war because of his misguided faith that U.S. help could be enlisted to save the British Empire, contends Charmley, President Roosevelt, however, sought an end to imperialism and thus entered the war only belatedly, ensuring that Britain would end the war weak and dependent on America. And Britain did indeed become a U.S. "pensioner" -- a reality dramatically confirmed in 1956, when American pressure led to the removal of Prime Minister Anthony Eden. With vivid assessments of Roosevelt, Truman, Eisenhower, Churchill, and Eden, John Charmley brilliantly continues his thought-provoking -- and sometimes infuriating -- ways." - from the inner front and rear jacket flaps.